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American support for U.S. military operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad / Eric V. Larson, Bogdan Savych.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larson, Eric V. (Eric Victor), 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intervention (International law)--Public opinion.
- Intervention (International law).
- War--Public opinion.
- War.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989---Public opinion.
- United States.
- United States--Military policy--Public opinion.
- United States--History, Military.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica : RAND, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Describes American public opinion toward wars and other large military operations over the last decade.
- Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Chapter One - Introduction; Background; Approach; A Note on the Importance of Question Wording; Organization of This Report; Chapter Two - Understanding Support for Military Operations; A Simple Model of the Public's Ends-Means Calculus; A Simple Social Process Model; Chapter Conclusions; Chapter Three - Past as Prologue: Mogadishu to Kosovo; Endgame in Somalia; Haiti; Bosnia; A Note on Sensitivity of Support to Question Wording; Kosovo; Key Lessons From the Peace Operations of the 1990's; Chapter Conclusions
- Chapter Four - 9/11 and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan Support in the Aftermath of the Attacks; Sources and Fault Lines in Support; Support for Military Action Elsewhere; Chapter Conclusions; Chapter Five - Operation Iraqi Freedom; Background; Attitudes Since the First Gulf War; Attitudes in the Run-Up To War; Attitudes During the War; Attitudes Since the End of Major Combat Operations; Sources and Fault Lines in Support; Chapter Conclusions; Chapter Six - Main Findings and Implications; Main Findings; Implications for the Army; Implications for National Leaders
- Appendix - Casualties and Consensus, Revisited Bibliography
- Notes:
- "MG-231."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-248).
- ISBN:
- 0-8330-4063-4
- OCLC:
- 163110744
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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